Will give a special committee the power to launch an effective investigation into the nation. His government will lift sanctions that include restrictions on travel port calls by ships and tight regulations on money transfers. Officials from japan and north korea met in may in stockholm to form the framework of an agreement. North korean leaders have been weighed down by International Sanctions for years as punishment for their Nuclear Missile tests but the impositionings by japan were much tougher. Reporter the u. N. Security Council Adopted a be resolution immediately after north korea conducted a nuclear test in 2006. It called on Member States to freeze goods that could lead to weapons of mass destruction. Japan imposed individual sanctions. They banned all imports and exports from the north. North koreans are no longer allowed to enter japan except for people carrying special permits. North korean residents living in japan can still travel between the two countries but japanese of
Prodemocracy protesters have been clashing with police nearby. Nhk worlds takanori tamei has more. Reporter demonstrators are once again stepping up their movements. Police tried to disperse crowds on roads leading to government offices. The scuffle started on sunday night when thousands of protesters tried to surround the governments headquarters. They said the chief executive and other government officials from getting to work monday. If we have to force the government to respond to us in a positive way, then we have to generate more pressure. And by surrounding the government building would be one to propel the government to face the public. Reporter but police blocked the way. They used batons and pepper spray on the crowds which results in many injuries. Police officials said they arrested more than 40 demonstrators. I think what happened last night fully demonstrates that it has far, far away gone beyond what they have declared. The police after repeated warnings have to take res
Officials meet regularly, and they promise to cooperate more closely on energy in light of polands plans to build Nuclear Plants. President komorowski had earlier spoken to nhk about the situation in eastern ukraine. Translator i can have no peace of mind about the situation there. I feel its a threat. I have doubts about whether the ceasefire agreement will be observed. Komorowski suggested the possibility of tougher measures against russia. He said the eu should work with the u. S. And canada to impose more sanctions if separatists dont honor the ceasefire. The president criticized russian leaders for threatening to cut the supply of gas to ukraine and warning of an impact on europe. He said theyre using energy as a weapon to undermine solidarity in the eu. Komorowski said eu leaders should negotiate Energy Prices with the russians. Germanys lower house has approved a fourmonth extension of the bailout for greece. Members voted after a eurozone finance ministers signed off on the gre
Partnership. They agreed to have defense officials meet regularly, and they promise to cooperate more closely on energy in light of polands plans to build Nuclear Plants. President komorowski had earlier spoken to nhk about the situation in eastern ukraine. Translator i can have no peace of mind about the situation there. I feel its a threat. I have doubts about whether the ceasefire agreement will be observed. Komorowski suggested the possibility of tougher measures against russia. He said the eu should work with the u. S. And canada to impose more sanctions if separatists dont honor the ceasefire. The president criticized russian leaders for threatening to cut the supply of gas to ukraine and warning of an impact on europe. He said theyre using energy as a weapon to undermine solidarity in the eu. Komorowski said eu leaders should negotiate Energy Prices with the russians. Germanys lower house has approved a fourmonth extension of the bailout for greece. Members voted after a eurozon
The japanese Prime Ministers political gamble in calling an early election has paid off. Shinzo abes Ruling Coalition won a landslide victory. His liberal Democratic Party and its partner komeito have secured a two thirds majority in the lower house. The parties won 326 of the 475 seats in the chamber. Thats well above the 317 needed to secure a twothirds majority, and it means the ruling parties will be able to set their agenda for the diet, and see it through. Abe says he wants to push forward with his policies. They include his economic plan known as abenomics. He spoke to media on monday, one day after the election win. Translator yesterday, we got voter support for abenomics. So i want to advance the policy in three areas. We will take action immediately with economic stimulus measures by the end of this year. We will compile a budget for the next fiscal year. The diet will be convened at the start of next year. We want to carry out drastic deregulation in areas such as agricultur